Directions (1-5):In the these questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence (A), (B), (C) has an error. If a sentence is free from error, then (D) is your answer.

Directions (6-10):In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Directions (23 & 24):In these questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined aprt at (A), (B) (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (D).

Directions (25-29):In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

25. He arranged the furniture in the house according to the decorator's plans.

A) The furniture was arranged in the house according to the decorator's plans.

B) The furniture was being arranged in the house according to the decorator's plans.

C) The furniture had been arranged in the house according to the decorator's plans.

D) The furniture have been arranged in the house according to the decorator's plans.

Directions (30-34):In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct.

30. "I'm so tiny that I can't reach your branches," said the little boy to the tree.

A) The little boy told the tree that he was so tiny that he couldn't reach its branches.

B) The little boy said that the tree was so tiny that he couldn't reach its branches.

C) The little boy said that he was so tiny that he couldn't reach its branches.

D) The little boy told to the tree that he was so tiny that he couldn't reach its branches.

Directions (35-40):In the following questions, the 1st and the last sentences of the passage/parts of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage/sentence is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the passage/sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

35.
1. At the time when the city of Venice in Italy was rich and famous, one of her chief citizens was a merchant named Antonio.
P. He had many friends, among them a young Venetian nobleman called Bassanio.
Q. But Antonio loved him and gave him money whenever he needed it.
R. Although he came from a noble family, Bassanio was poor and spent more money than he could afford.
S. He was well known for his kindness.
6. For the merchant of Venice was a rich man, who owned many ships which traded with foreign countries.

36.
1. Self help means doing our own work ourselves.
P. They prefer to have things done for them.
Q. The most successful man is he who depends the least on others.
R. There are men in our society who don't exert themselves.
S. Such people are rarely successful.
6. He has a strength of mind and determination to succeed on his own.

37.
1. 'Tsunami' which means 'harbour wave'
P. usually an ocean
Q. of a large volume of a body of water
R. is a series of water waves
S. caused by the displacement
6. though it can occur in large lakes.

40.
1. Drug addiction has now become one of the major problems of our society.
P. There should be joint effort of family, government and social organisations for prevention and cure of this curse.
Q. The possibilities of these young men and women are nipped in the bud.
R. In such an alarming situation, we cannot remain idle onlookers.
S. Many youngsters are becoming victims of this deadly curse.
6. We should take the pledge - 'Let us unite for a drug-free world.'

Directions (41-45):In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
The sun had set but there was still some light in the sky. Martin ......(41)....... on his elbow and looked ......(42)....... through the leaves. In the waters of the lake, close to the shore, he saw a ......(43)....... of alligators floating quietly. One of the creatures, ......(44)....... huge one, was lying on a high ......(45)....... of sand, a few yard from the water.

Directions (46-50):In the following questions, a passage with 5 questions are given. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and mark your answer accordingly.
I could not help thinking, as I looked at the works of Shakespeare on the shelf, that it would have been impossible, completely and entirely, for any woman to have written the plays of Shakespeare in the age of Shakespeare. Let me imagine, since facts are so hard to come by, what would have happened had Shakespeare had a wonderfully gifted sister, called Judith, let us say. Shakespeare himself went, very probably - his mother was an heiress - to the grammar school, where he may have learnt Latin - Ovid, Virgil and Horace - and the elements of grammar and logic. He was, it is well known, a wild boy who poached rabbits, perhaps shot a deer, and had, rather sooner than he should have done, to marry a woman in the neighbourhood, who bore him a child rather quicker than was right. That escapade sent him to seek his fortune in London. He had, it seemed, a taste for the theatre; he began by holding horses at the stage door.